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People: Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
Location: Fauquembergues Nord-Pas-de-Calais France

The French attempt to besiege the main …

Years: 1730 - 1730
January

The French attempt to besiege the main fort of the Natchez in January 1730, but they are driven off.

Two days later, a force of about five hundred Choctaw attacks and captures the fort, kill at least one hundred Natchez, and recover about fifty French captives and fifty to one hundred Africans enslaved by the French.

French leaders are delighted, then surprised when the Choctaw demand ransoms for the captives.

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